...to Navarrete (cont'd)

Finding the camino again coming out of my hotel was easy. Soon the camino went separate from the road, in parallel with a cycling track. Trees all along and it went on for miles, well, for a long time, until it reached an artificial lake which seems to be the centre of a web of rambling walks in this nature reserve one of which is the Camino.
Almost at the top there was an excellent resting point with a view. So I stopped and just then Marie-Claude came through on my mobile (I had tried to catch her earlier without success).
We talked for more than an hour which did me a world of good and was quite funny. When I first arrived in this spot there was nobody in sight. And once I had started talking to Marie-Claude there was a never ending stream of pilgrims coming up to where I was in my conversation with Marie-Claude - Buen camino - Buen camino - Buen camino. Our whole conversation interspersed with "Buen camino". So in the end Marie-Claude said Buen Camino too and people were surprised to hear it coming out of my phone!
Only very few kms to go after this and here I am, sitting on the terrace of a restaurant having a real meal - had my shower, my siesta, a huge mixed salad and a lovely caña!
Will book my hotel for the day after tomorrow - have to stay two days ahead of myself with my bookings.
So far I am coping with my heavy pack, but I have picked up the info about luggage carriers just in case. I have the impression the heavy weight strengthens my back muscles....Read more